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Want to Stop Unwanted Alerts? Learn the Simple Way to Manage Notification Categories on Samsung Devices
The Notification Categories menu in Samsung Galaxy smartphones offers granular control over the types of notifications each app can send. This feature is especially valuable for minimizing distractions and blocking unwanted alerts, such as marketing or promotional messages, while still allowing important notifications to come through.
Key Benefits
- Selectively enable or disable specific types of app notifications (e.g., promotions, reminders, updates)
- Reduce notification clutter and avoid spam or irrelevant alerts
- Maintain access to critical app notifications without missing important information
- Enhance productivity and focus by eliminating unnecessary interruptions
Without Notification Categories, users can only turn all notifications on or off for an app. With this feature, you can fine-tune your notification preferences, ensuring only relevant alerts reach you.
Step-by-Step Guide to Enable Notification Categories
- Open the Settings app on your Samsung smartphone.
- Scroll down and select Notifications.
- Tap on Advanced Settings.
- Locate the option at the bottom: Manage notification categories for each app.
- Turn the toggle switch ON.
Once enabled, the Notification Categories menu will appear in the notification settings for each app. To adjust categories for a specific app:
- Go to the app’s info page.
- Tap on Notifications.
- Access the Notification Categories menu to enable or disable specific types of notifications.
Use Case Example
If you want to stop receiving promotional messages from a food delivery app but continue to get order updates, disable only the marketing category while keeping order notifications active.
This setting is disabled by default in recent One UI versions (6 and 7). Users who previously used this feature may notice its absence after updating, but it can be restored easily using the steps above.
By activating Notification Categories, you ensure that your smartphone only notifies you about what truly matters, improving both productivity and peace of mind.